Historic General Motors Vehicles Headed To 2015 Scottsdale Auction

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Real estate developer Ron Pratte caught the attention of enthusiasts over the years with his front-row purchases of collector cars at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale and around the U.S. Now, after a 10-year blitz, he’s decided to sell off his collection at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction in January 2015.

Pratte showed the rest of the world he was bitten by the collector bug in 2003 when be bought 52 vehicles at auction. Since then he’s acquired (and sold) a number of key vehicles that would set the heart of any General Motors fan a-flutter:

GM Futurliner, a futuristic bus from 1950’s Parade of Progress. According to the old auction listing (note the $4,320,000 selling price), only 12 were built and three survive. Harley Earl was famous for his car designs, but here it is as a bus—fantastic!

Pontiac Bonneville, the 1954 concept car that not only introduced performance to the Pontiac repertoire, but also introduced a name that would be used on a production model three years later. Two were built.